Priority over Priorities

The purpose of the Priority over Priorities blog is to help you learn how to prioritize your goals and feelings to succeed in life. One must learn to discern the most important item from a list of important items. This blog also has another unique element: you can send the author an email about any subject or personal issue you would like him to write about to help you work through it. Bear in mind that the blog will focus on motivation and success and will follow a “how-to” format. Your name will be kept anonymous.

Max Planck, a German quantum theorist and Nobel Prize winner, once said, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

We all have something in common. We all know it, but we don't want to acknowledge it. It's the power of choice. After reading this post, you should know how to activate and use your power of choice. We were told that we can't change our destiny, but what the hell? We have the power of choice, right? That's all we need and should want at all times.​ We have the choice to change our lives no matter what we face. We can change the course of our lives through bad or good actions. What I mean by that is that bad decisions or good decisions can change our destiny. Our intention and action are everything when we bring the power of choice to the table. Whether we are aware of the things we do or not, this law can affect us as a whole, even if we do not make the massive choice to act. “If it is to be, it is up to me,” said William H. Johnsen, a famous African-American painter.

Making a choice is action; action leads to consequence; the consequence of our action or someone else’s action leads us back to the power of choice. It is a cycle that we can't break.

Gambling away your home could lead to disaster for your family. You could lose what you value most. You might even take other people down with you, and those people could take down others who were unaware of what you did.

Similarly, if someone chooses to scam someone into giving them money, that choice can affect the victim’s future decisions regarding charity. There will be doubt and mistrust. This is the consequence of the scammer’s choice. But we cannot ignore that the victim did not decide to choose this focus. This proves that our choices lead to consequences. Don't mistake consequence for something that is necessarily bad. It is the result of an action and it can be bitter, sweet, or both. Again, you are responsible of your life and any decision you make.